The touch keyboard or input panel must not highlight keys as passwords are entered.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56421	WN08-CC-000147	SV-70679r1_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
The touch keyboard or input panel may highlight keys as passwords are entered, providing visibility to nearby persons, and compromising them.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 / 8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-06-08

Details

Check Text ( C-56979r1_chk )
If the system does not have a touch screen, this is NA. If the system has a touch screen and the following registry values do not exist or are not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7\ Value Name: PasswordSecurityState Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 Value Name: PasswordSecurity Type: REG_DWORD Value: 4 or 5 (1, 2, or 3 are a finding)

Check Text ( C-56979r1_chk )

If the system does not have a touch screen, this is NA.
If the system has a touch screen and the following registry values do not exist or are not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7\

Value Name: PasswordSecurityState
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Value Name: PasswordSecurity
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 4 or 5
(1, 2, or 3 are a finding)

Fix Text (F-61305r1_fix)
If the system does not have a touch screen, this is NA. Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Tablet PC -> Input Panel -> "Turn off password security in Input Panel" to at least "Enabled: Medium High".